of arguments made by some people saying, you know, the defense department is a major driver of technology, the defense department is what does the internet, cellphones, all these technologies. i don't know enough about it, i am not an expert on this, but i wonder if you could discuss that. is it pro-investment to spend money on the military? maybe the other argument is that if we are not wasting its money on things we don't have to spend on in terms of military systems, it might enhance technology. what is your view on that? >> my view is a two-part answer. a, the purpose of defense services broadly speaking is to defend capital against foreign aggressors, foreign to structure, both physical, human, etc. to the extent that the defense budget is too small, you might get too little investment. that is a reasonable argument. i don't think we are in that world, but that is a reasonable conceptual problem. the second point is how did we ever move from caves to buildings, from fire to telephony, etc., without a massive defense structure? some sort of under-incentive in the private sector to eng
